If you really want to know about Fashion Week, ask a cab driver. Today my driver said Fashion Week was going to be more low-key this year (BTW, if you're a non-New Yorker you need to know that fashion is a major news topic here and everybody knows about Fashion Week). A kinder, gentler Fashion Week? Perhaps. But the reality of the heat-seeking fashion industry is that it still needs celebs and glitz to grab consumer attention.

Inside the tents -- which have a major Barbie display (in place of the usual directional accessories) in trademark bright pink -- it's business as pretty much usual. One thing I have noticed is that some of the fashion show attendees are making do with what they have. One girl wore black tights with gladiator sandals to stretch seasons (I didn't say it was a good idea...), another paired tights with shorts. Of course, there's lots of black, the occasional pop of yellow or fuchsia, and loads of jeans (skinny jeans tucked into tall boots and bell bottoms which look fresh again, and can actually work for more women if you keep the volume under control).

One of the bigger shows today, BCBG, showed lots of great little dresses that had plenty of gathers, ruching and knots to appeal to detail lovers (I loved the ivory drape-neck dress.)(Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)